Securing an IoT device requires protecting physical flash chips. An attacker with a $15 SOIC8 clip and a logic analyzer can dump flash, extract credentials, and patch kernel bootloaders.
1. Physical Attack Vectors: When the Attacker Has the Hardware
Smart bulbs and routers run software too. By physically dumping the flash memory, we can analyze the firmware for hardcoded keys and vulnerabilities.
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2. Identifying UART Headers and Hijacking Boot Prompts
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Comparative Empirical Analysis: Hardware Triage Methodology for IoT Embedded Devices
| Phase | Tools & Hardware | Target Objective |
|---|---|---|
| PCB Inspection | Multimeter, Microscope | Identify UART TX/RX pins, SPI Flash chip, JTAG headers |
| Flash Extraction | CH341A / Bus Pirate, flashrom | Dump binary contents of SPI NOR/NAND Flash (SOIC-8/16) |
| Filesystem Unpacking | Binwalk, sasquatch, unblob | Extract SquashFS, JFFS2, UBI root filesystem layers |
| Static Binary Triage | Ghidra, IDA Pro, checksec | Locate hardcoded private keys, backdoors, and stack overflows |
3. Extracting and Deconstructing SPI Flash with Flashrom and Binwalk
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4. Reverse Engineering Proprietary Daemons in Ghidra
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